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Eddie Bauer announced in January 2017 that it had closed its downtown Seattle store in Pacific Place. The store replaced the retailer's flagship location about 12 years ago.

Eddie Bauer announced in January 2017 that it had closed its downtown Seattle store in Pacific Place. The store replaced the retailer's flagship location about 12 years ago.

Photo: Gilbert W. Arias, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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The Eddie Bauer store at University Village, shown in May 2006, remains open, as does the Bellevue Square location.

The Eddie Bauer store at University Village, shown in May 2006, remains open, as does the Bellevue Square location.

Photo: P-I File

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Eddie Bauer Home stores: Remember when Eddie Bauer sold furniture and pillow cases? Eddie Bauer closed its "Home" stores in 2005 and filed for its first bankruptcy protection that year. Pictured is the old Eddie Bauer Home store in University Village.

Eddie Bauer Home stores: Remember when Eddie Bauer sold furniture and pillow cases? Eddie Bauer closed its "Home" stores in 2005 and filed for its first bankruptcy protection that year. Pictured is the old

Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy a second time in 2009 and was bought out by Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm. It then became the object of an acquisition, announced in February of 2014, by men's clothier Jos. A. Bank. Ultimately, Bank backed out of the acquisition. Bauer remains a part of Golden Gate.

Founded in Seattle in 1920, Eddie Bauer would be missed if it disappeared entirely (at least the '90s version of Eddie Bauer will be missed). (Photo: An Eddie Bauer store in Seattle in 1942, copyright MOHAI, Webster & Stevens, 1983.10.14615.1).

Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy a second time in 2009 and was bought out by Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm. It then became the object of an acquisition, announced in February of 2014, by men's

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Frederick & Nelson: To the end, Freddy’s was class. D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson opened their flagship department store in 1918, realizing their plan hatched three decades before to run the finest shop west of the Mississippi and north of San Francisco. A series of ownership changes in the 1980s led to the store’s closure in 1992.

Frederick & Nelson: To the end, Freddy’s was class. D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson opened their flagship department store in 1918, realizing their plan hatched three decades before to run the finest shop west

The Bon Marche: This Seattle-based chain sprung out of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. It anchored Northgate Mall and weathered the storms of downtown Seattle’s retail core before being rebranded as Macy’s in 2003.

The Bon Marche: This Seattle-based chain sprung out of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. It anchored Northgate Mall and weathered the storms of downtown Seattle’s retail core before being rebranded as Macy’s

Lamonts was to Seattle what Mervyn's was to California: A middle-scale department store where you stocked up on turtlenecks and other boring basics. (Except Lamonts did try to spice things up with a lingerie department called "Hidden Fantasies," The Seattle Times wrote in the '90s).

The Seattle-based chain filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and was gobbled up by Gottschalks in 2000.

Lamonts was to Seattle what Mervyn's was to California: A middle-scale department store where you stocked up on turtlenecks and other boring basics. (Except Lamonts did try to spice things up with a lingerie

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Local chain Ernst Home Center began in Seattle in the late 1800s and died a century later, in the late 1990s, bleeding to places like Home Depot and Eagle Hardware. A customer is pictured outside the University Village Ernst in 1996, during the store's liquidation sale.

Local chain Ernst Home Center began in Seattle in the late 1800s and died a century later, in the late 1990s, bleeding to places like Home Depot and Eagle Hardware. A customer is pictured outside the University

Pay 'n’ Save: This was the parent company of Ernst, Lamonts and Shuck’s, a chain of drugstores also founded by Monte Lafayette Bean. It became PayLess Drug after a series of sales.

Pay 'n’ Save: This was the parent company of Ernst, Lamonts and Shuck’s, a chain of drugstores also founded by Monte Lafayette Bean. It became PayLess Drug after a series of sales.

Photo: MOHAI

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Eagle Hardware: Remember the Edgar Martinez’s “light bat?” That was Eagle. Lowe’s bought out the Renton-founded hardware chain for a cool $1 billion back in 1999. Eagle had survived a bruising fight with competitor Ernst not long before.